Northwestern Medicine sports medicine expert offers injury prevention tips for throwing athletes CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. With summer approaching, youth baseball and softball leagues are getting into full swing across the Chicago area. As these leagues become increasingly competitive, training and conditioning takes on even greater importance for young athletes. Northwestern[Read More…]
Science
NASA Hubble to Begin Search Beyond Pluto for a New Horizons Mission Target
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. After careful consideration and analysis, the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee has recommended using Hubble to search for an object the Pluto-bound NASA New Horizons mission could visit after its flyby of Pluto in July 2015. This is an artist’s rendering of the New Horizons[Read More…]
Pollinators More Important to Crop Yields than Fertilizers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2014. As pollinator week begins, the critical importance of pollinators is exemplified in a recent study out of the University of California, Berkeley. Not only do pollinators help increase crop yields, they may be even more important than fertilizers, according to the study suggests. Ecologist Alexandra-Maria Klein, Ph.D. and[Read More…]
Understanding Fear: What Are Phobias and How Common Are They?
Source: BestMastersInCounseling.com Phobia – From the Greek: φόβος, Phóbos, meaning “fear” or “morbid fear” Phobias: a persistent (and often irrational) fear of an object or situation. Greek physician Hippocrates (470-410 B.C.E.) first described phobias 500 years after Hippocrates, Roman doctor, Celsus used the word hydrophobia for a patient who feared[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces First Step in Robust and Open Public Process to Develop a Proposed Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022
Request for Information Begins Multi-Year Evaluation Process to Engage Public, States, Tribes, Stakeholders WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2014. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Walter Cruickshank today announced the first step in a robust public engagement process to develop the next[Read More…]
Rock Star and Cancer Survivor Melissa Etheridge, In Albany for a Concert Saturday, Urges Passage of New York’s Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation — the Compassionate Care Act
In a Show of Support for Fellow Cancer Survivors and Other Patients, Etheridge Helps Advocates as They Enter the Final Days of the Legislative Session With Still No Action from Senate Leadership Albany—(ENEWSPF)—June 13, 2014. Legendary rock star and cancer survivor, Melissa Etheridge – who is in the state capital[Read More…]
EPA Announces $1 Million for Brownfield Sites in Ottawa, Rochelle and South Beloit
Ottawa, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2014. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today announced brownfield assessment and cleanup grants totaling $1 million to promote redevelopment of contaminated sites in Ottawa, Rochelle and South Beloit, Illinois. Hedman was joined by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Ottawa Mayor Robert M. Eschbach and[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: Teens Need Continued Access to Sex Education and Contraception
New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)—June 13, 2014. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which tracks a variety of health-risk behaviors among high school students, including sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV infection. The report[Read More…]
Is There an Unlocked Gun Where My Child is Going to Play? June 21 is ASK Day
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 13, 2014. In America, one out of three homes with children has a gun, and nearly 1.7 million children live in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun. Every year, thousands of kids are killed and injured as a result. The ASK (Asking Saves Kids)[Read More…]
New Report Says Energy East Pipeline a Disaster in Waiting
Ottawa–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2014. The Council of Canadians has released a briefing paper on safety issues regarding the proposed Energy East pipeline project. The brief illustrates what a spill from Energy East would look like, examines leaks and explosions that have occurred on the existing pipeline, and explains how regulations have[Read More…]
